Cellists, Vocalists, Percussionist to Perform at Three Venues on March 29

Three Illinois State  University School of Music groups will present an afternoon and evening of music on Sunday, March 29.

At 2 p.m. in the University Galleries in the Center for the Visual Arts, the music of celebrated 19th-century teacher, cellist and composer David Popper will be performed by the cello studio of Adriana La Rosa Ransom.

Admission to the event is free and open to the public in the University Galleries in the Center for the Visual Arts.  

At 3 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, the Madrigal Singers and Belle Voix will present a concert.  Both groups are directed by Karyl Carlson.   Admission is $6 for the general public, $5 for faculty-staff and $4 for students and senior citizens.

Belle Voix will sing three selections in French from Francis Poulenc's "Petite Voix," from a set of children's poems.   Also, they will sing a medley from the popular musical, "Kiss Me Kate."   Continuing in French, Madrigals will sing a set of "Trois Chansons" by Claude Debussy.  Also included is a new piece titled "Pour toi, mere," an original poem set by Haitian composer Sydney Guillaume. 

Sunday evening at 7, the Percussion Ensemble will present its annual spring concert, this year titled "Night of the Marimba," in Kemp Recital Hall.   Admission is free.  The ensemble is directed by David Collier.  The 2009 concert will feature both chamber and large ensemble works that showcase the beauty and power of the marimba. 

The concert will showcase two seniors in the percussion Area.  Ricky Alegria will be the marimba soloist in "Marimba Spiritual" by Minoru Mike and Matt Boze will be the marimba soloist in "Rite of Passage" by Jesse Monkman.  These two works illustrate the ability of the marimba to dialog with a percussion trio in a chamber setting. 

Expanding on the marimba theme, the Percussion Ensemble will employ the full keyboard percussion spectrum in "Immortal Dream' by Nathan Daughtrey and 'Crown of Thorns' by David Maslanka.  Non-keyboard percussion instruments will be colorfully presented in Canticle No. 1  by Lou Harrison, "Cross Currents" by Lynn Glassock and "Chameleon Music" by Dan Welcher.